U16 girls soccer squad wins convincingly despite playing
shorthanded
CAPITOLA – In spite of a knee injury, scholastic assessment testing and homecoming float management that reduced their roster from 13 to 10 for the Saturday contest, the De Anza Flash beat the Santa Cruz Surf 7-0.
On a beautiful morning at Capitola’s Jade Park, the Flash shared their scoring wealth as five players found the back of the net. Cayla Derry, of Gilroy, started things off about one minute into the game and added another in the second half. Brittany Barnes, of Gilroy, followed with a breakaway goal. Kendra Sato scored from long range over the goalie’s leap. Maurya Campeau pounded a header into the net on a corner. Kelly Logan hit a worm-burner to the left corner in the first half and then added a free kick before the Surf could set their wall to end the game with a goal.
The Flash took maximum advantage of the space created by their missing player and made the ball do their work. Smooth passing from backs Trish Dunwoodie and Bub Seifert to midfielders and then target player Nicole Hovey kept the Surf off-balance.
Katie Ramos made the Surf feel outnumbered when she attacked from her stopper position and goalie Ani-Mel Regan (recovering from a week-long illness) grabbed every ball that made it to her penalty area giving the Surf no chance to score.
At game’s end, the Flash walked to the beach and had lunch to complete their magical day.
